délaissement
\de.lɛs.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“délaissement” is an uncommon French word, ranked #70,569 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,569
- frequency rank, French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de délaisser ou, plus souvent, résultat de cette action.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | délaissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.lɛs.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “délaissement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for délaissement is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.lɛs.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #70,569 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for délaissement, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is délaissement, spelled D-É-L-A-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action de délaisser ou, plus souvent, résultat de cette action.
- 2État de l’âme qui se croit abandonnée de la grâce.
- 3Action d’abandonner une chose à quelqu’un.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “délaissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-L-A-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.lɛs.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.